Stamping Text Into Leather

[jwmspencer]

Hi,

I am new to leatherwork and I have some work which involves stamping peoples names into pieces of leather.

This means that I need a stamp set that allows me to easily and quickly change the text whilst lining up each character properly. It is worth mentioning that I may need more than one full alphabet for people who have repeated letters in their names.

I am sure that pieces of kit like this exist, however I am not sure what they are called or where to get them. I am in the UK and so a UK supplier would make things easier.

*Can I use a cold stamp to do this or should I use a hot stamp?

*Can I hit the stamp with a hammer or should I use a press?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Tree Reaper]

You can hand stamp individual letters or press complete words providing you have a jig to hold the individual letters and a large enough press.

I use a wooden fence to keep the letters straight.

[jwmspencer]

Ok, so do people usually make the jig to hold the letters themselves or are these off the shelf items that can be bought?

[electrathon]

Find some letterpress printing type and press the names in. Do a search for stelmacker, he has an article posted about this. Hot press is better and faster than cold press, but cold pressing does work.

Aaron

[Tree Reaper]

I just made one out of wood to hold the letters.